The House of Black - family tree musings

[richter_kuymal]

No: HPFGUIDX 148718

> Gwen wrote:> 
> > Do you really think that Dorea and Charlus Potter are people 
other  than Harry's grandparents, and that their one son is someone 
other than James?  {snippage) 

 Lyra wrote: (more snippage) 
If Uncle Alphard got zapped off the 
family tree for giving money to the runaway Sirius,
don't you think Walburga would have zapped Dorea and 
Charlus for taking in the same runaway Sirius and 
treating him like a second son?

PAR wrote:
====It would depend on what papa Pollux thought about it, wouldn't it? 
After all, Dorea Black Potter is HIS sister (and Walburga's aunt).  
Maybe he told her she couldn't.  After all, it is NOT Walburga's 
house.  If the family tree is correct, it isn't even Orion's house.  
It belonged to Arcturus -- the grandfather of Sirius and Regulus, 
who is shown as not dying until 1991.  Sirius didn't inherit from 
Orion & Walburga, he inherited from Arcturus.   So "blasting" a name 
off the tapestry would not be equivalent to disinheritance.  And 
even if Orion and Walburga disinherited Sirius, Arcturus could still 
have left the "family home and fortune to him because Orion hadn't 
inherited it yet. And if that is the case, Sirius could well manage 
to leave everything to Harry, and disinheriting Bellatrix and 
Narcissa.  Harry, being a male, would then have priority over 
Nymphadora ("Tonks").  
PAR.